Salary and Level will be dependent upon education and experience.
Preferred Education:
4 Year Degree
Additional Information:
Employer will assist with relocation costs.
Internal Number: 637
Arizona G&T Cooperatives is seeking candidates for the position of Controls Engineer I, II, or III. This position works to design, program and maintain logic based control systems with the goal of improving safety, reliability and efficiency at the Apache Generating Station located in Cochise, AZ. The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
Monitor overall health of each control system at Apache Station, and recommend actions and procedures to maintain and improve integrity of plant control systems.
Develop understanding of tools and tuning methods available for improving effectiveness of control systems.
Assist in developing safe, reliable, efficient control strategies to meet the changing requirements of existing and new plant processes.
Become knowledgeable of developing control technology and products, and assist in planning for future needs, enhancements, upgrades, and replacements.
Develop Web based solutions to meet management needs.
Monitor and maintain the controls network and IT assets used to support control system operation.
Minimum requirements are Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and one plus years’ experience in mechanical and power station engineering, turbine maintenance, overhaul supervision, and turbine inspection. Successful candidates should also have effective project management skills, oral and written communication skills. They must also be able to perform budgeting, writing work scopes and repair procedures, analyzing and evaluating turbine and rotating mechanical performance and problems, and demonstrate ability to apply expertise to the safe and effective management and direction of turbine overhauls and repairs.
We are Member-owned, not-for-profit electric generation and transmission (G&T) cooperatives. Working together, our employees fulfill the joint mission of providing reliable, affordable power to electric coops across the Southwest.
Arizona G&T Cooperatives provide power to more than 160,000 electric meters and 400,000 people in Arizona, California and New Mexico through six Class A Member distribution cooperatives. One of 63 G&T electric coops in the nation, we own and operate Apache Generating Station near Cochise, east of Benson. The plant has a combined gross generating capacity of 605 megawatts. We also purchase power to meet member energy needs during peak summer energy use.
Our transmission system operates and maintains more than 622 miles of electric power transmission line and 27 substations reaching out from our Apache Generating Station, across Arizona to the northwestern corner of the state. We also operate more than 30 telecommunications towers used for phone and data relay services by our member cooperatives and customers.